The story of Donald Crowhurst is fifty years old, but it continues to fascinate. The unassuming Englishman got it into his head to take part in a race to circumnavigate the world non-stop as an amateur sailor.
He abandoned his family, gave his house to the sponsor as a security deposit, and set sail in an unfinished boat. What possessed him?
Don’t expect answers from The Mercy. This smooth, polished prestige film, which does not deserve its great stars Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth, never makes the ordeal truly palpable.
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